Aberdeen.—At 2.11 early on the morning of the 29th of March, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that he had heard long and short blasts on a siren from a vessel near the harbour or lighthouse. He later stated that the lighthouse keeper...
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Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 2.15 on the afternoon of the 21st of January, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an open launch was burning flares about a mile and a half off shore near Milford-on- Sea. A light south-west...
HOLYHEAD.—A new life-boat has been placed at Holyhead by the NATIONAL LIFE- BOAT INSTITUTION, in lieu of the old boat at that station, tow worn out. The new boat is 30 ft. long, and rows ten oars double banked.
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After an action-packed summer on the water, autumn finds us in a reflective mood
As we sent Lifeboat to print, the sun had been baking the UK and Ireland for weeks. And we weren’t complaining! But warm weather draws crowds...
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ON Monday, 2yth December, 1965—Boxing Day—a great many people were appalled on hearing the news of a disaster which had overtaken the oil rig Sea Gem which collapsed and sank in the North Sea. The oil rig, which belonged to the British...
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St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At 8.55 on the night of the 2nd of April, 1948, the St. Ann's Head coastguard tele- phoned that a message had been re- ceived from a resident of Wooltack Point, that his brother, Mr. Codd, had left for...
Survivor snatched from yacht seconds before she sinks A service in very difficult weather conditions, carried out in full view of hundreds of local people and holiday-makers on the shore, has earned Barry Bennett, the coxswain of St Mary'...
Flag days . . . George Price, DOS (East), at Harwich with coxswain and crew, the chairman and honorary secretary of the branch and a group of girl flag sellers who work at a local clothing factory belonging to the branch president, T. M. F.... - View image in PDF
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(Above) Two of a set of six Gaelic coffee glasses (or wine glasses), made by Cavan Crystal Ltd. Each glass carries a different decoration: the RNLI house flag, crest, an ILB, 44' Waveney lifeboat and two... - View image in PDF
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